New multimedia and transnational learning method for production managers : For this project, a series of teaching modules has been devised based on learning tasks which reproduce real work contexts. This was done transnationally with the help of the partner countries. The modules combine class teaching with distance learning. The results of this project are available on the website and are continuously updated via "Kieler Metalworks", the model company created specially for the project. This project started in 2002 and lasted 24 months.